Onstage at Shea's 710 Theatre
MusicalFare's smash-hit production by Tom Dudzick is back...but this time on the Shea's 710 Theatre stage!
The Pazinskis, 4 kids and 2 parents living over a saloon in 1959 lower-middle class Buffalo, are not having their usual merry Christmas. Dad is going through a mid-life depression and refuses to buy a Christmas tree. Sister Clarissa is threatening to expel 12-year-old Rudy for performing a blasphemous one-man Nativity Scene where he plays all the characters as Hollywood celebrities. Mom wants the happy man she married returned to her, and the two teenagers, sensing their parents’ discord, are worried that this may be their last Christmas together as a whole family. In earthy, quirky Pazinski fashion, with comic songs and dream sequences, they all come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a family on this most stressful of holidays.
CHRISTMAS OVER THE TAVERN is not a part of MusicalFare's Subscription Season and tickets must be purchased separately. Tickets for this production are not available through the MusicalFare Box Office.
Clicking the link takes you to the Shea's Box Office/Ticketmaster. Please do not attempt to purchase tickets from any other website (second-party vendors) as hidden costs/fees may be charged.
STUDENT TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE!
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Scroll down to see:
-Cast headshots - click them to read their bios!
-Production shots from the show - by Bethany Burrows
-Video clip of a montage from the show!
Written by Tom Dudzick
Directed by Randall Kramer
Choreographed by John Fredo
Music Direction by Mark Vona
Set Design by Dyan Burlingame
Lighting & Sound Design by Chris Cavanagh
Costume Design by Kari Drozd
Hair, Wig & Make-up Design by Susan Drozd
Properties by Emily Powrie & Madison Sullivan
Meet the Cast and Artistic Staff
Reviews
genuinely touching underneath a heavy layer of laughter...last year's performances in the smaller MusicalFare venue sold out. Moving to a larger venue will help, but I expect the Pazinskis will still be having a houseful of guests for their very Buffalo Christmas.
The Buffalo News
The more biting satire is leavened by gentle humor, and a denouement that sends its audience smiling into the night...a great deal of fun to watch...a very entertaining Christmas musical.